Genre: Fantasy (magic, supernatural, completely created world)
Subjects: young adult fiction, dystopian society, royalty, teenage girls, fantasy & magic, romance, war, ethnic inequality, political corruption
Audience: Ages 14 and up
In a world where the color of your blood (red or silver) determines your worth, Mare, a red-blood, seeks truth and equality. Those with silver blood are elite, powerful, and have superpowers, and those with red are soldiers and servants living in poverty in the Stilts. Mare surprises everyone when she has power to resist the power of the silver born. The king brings her to the palace and claims her as a long lost silver princess and she becomes engaged to Prince Maven. Secretly Mare works to lead the red born in a Scarlet Guard rebellion and begins to fall in love with Prince Cal, thus creating an interesting love triangle. The King is killed by the Queen, but she frames Prince Cal for his murder. It is the Queen that is truly in charge in this world and Prince Maven follows her wishes. Mare escapes only to find out that there are other red bloods that have powers who have disappeared. She joins them and discovers that her brother who supposedly died in battle is still alive and has powers as well. The end of the book leaves you with a lot of questions - one of them being "How long until the sequel?".
In a world where the color of your blood (red or silver) determines your worth, Mare, a red-blood, seeks truth and equality. Those with silver blood are elite, powerful, and have superpowers, and those with red are soldiers and servants living in poverty in the Stilts. Mare surprises everyone when she has power to resist the power of the silver born. The king brings her to the palace and claims her as a long lost silver princess and she becomes engaged to Prince Maven. Secretly Mare works to lead the red born in a Scarlet Guard rebellion and begins to fall in love with Prince Cal, thus creating an interesting love triangle. The King is killed by the Queen, but she frames Prince Cal for his murder. It is the Queen that is truly in charge in this world and Prince Maven follows her wishes. Mare escapes only to find out that there are other red bloods that have powers who have disappeared. She joins them and discovers that her brother who supposedly died in battle is still alive and has powers as well. The end of the book leaves you with a lot of questions - one of them being "How long until the sequel?".
Awards:
Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author
Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015)
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